Las Vegas P.2 Oct 02nd - October 10th (Day 212 - Day 220) We met my parents at the Hilton Grand Vacation Suites where we had a villa room booked. This was fantastic for us because we had a kitchen in the room and a washer and a dryer. For Tina and I it was like having the luxury of home for a week. Something we were starting to miss after 7 months away. My parents had also rented a car for the week which was great because as much as we had enjoyed the wee...

Las Vegas P.1 Sept 27 - Oct 02nd (Day 207 - 212) We all arrived in Las Vegas early in the afternoon and jump in a taxi to be dropped off at our respective hotels. Rachel and Alex were staying at the MGM and Tina and I were slumming it at the Excalibur. From the outside the Excalibur looks like a fairy tale castle. From the inside it looks pretty worn out and tired and smelt pretty funky of a mixture of smoke, cleaning products and food. Our room was not t...

San Francisco Sept 19th - Sept 27th (Day 199 - Day 207) From Beijing we took a 12 hour flight directly to San Francisco. We were excited about reaching the USA but also quite nervous as it was our first time out of Asia for six months and we had really enjoyed our time there. We were not too sure how we would find being back in the Western world. The first shock was not being back in the Western world but actually landing before we took off. The flight to...